Consist of five of original eight photographs of Kitselas Canyon dig, 2 miles west of Usk at the "fortress" after the summer excavations of students from Ottawa.
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12 x17cm
3 photograph prints : b&w ; 10.5 x 7cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as Museum Curator
Scope and Content
Consist of five of original eight photographs of Kitselas Canyon dig, 2 miles west of Usk at the "fortress" after the summer excavations of students from Ottawa.
Film reel, 16 mm, sound colour 15 min, "Big Dig for Little People" bought from Association films, Inc. 7838 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, ca. 91352 for US $2.00--(Can 230.40) from our donation account the Royal Bank.
Film reel, 16 mm, sound colour 15 min, "Big Dig for Little People" bought from Association films, Inc. 7838 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, ca. 91352 for US $2.00--(Can 230.40) from our donation account the Royal Bank.
Photo showing a BE 22-B Trench Hoe digging the trench for sewer and water lines to the family quarters at the Kitimat Construction Camp. These were prefab buildings which were completed at the rate of two daily.
Photo showing a BE 22-B Trench Hoe digging the trench for sewer and water lines to the family quarters at the Kitimat Construction Camp. These were prefab buildings which were completed at the rate of two daily.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of digging bitto and pipe used by hydraulic dredge at Kitimat.
GATE - 5 : 1 to 12. The site is located adjacent to the dyke road, at a confluence of Anderson Creek and a former channel of the Kitimat River. The artifacts consist of a box of stone tools and flakes.
GATE - 5 : 1 to 12. The site is located adjacent to the dyke road, at a confluence of Anderson Creek and a former channel of the Kitimat River. The artifacts consist of a box of stone tools and flakes.